PTI, May 9, 2023, 3:12 PM IST

A 31-year-old taxi driver was arrested for allegedly killing a youth by stabbing him throughout a quarrel at Sarai Kale Khan in southeast Delhi, police stated on Tuesday. The incident passed off close to Sarai Kale Khan bus stand on Thursday and police had been knowledgeable at 4.31 pm.

Police rushed to the spot and discovered {that a} quarrel had taken place between some individuals who lived within the close by rain basera and a taxi driver, they stated. According to a senior police officer, earlier within the day, three minors and the sufferer recognized as Akash (18) had been returning house from Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. On their method again, one of many kids’s arms by accident touched an unknown pedestrian, who began shouting and abusing the kid.

A taxi driver, who was passing by the positioning, intervened within the combat and after a while hit Akash with a wood stick which he had allegedly taken out from the trunk of the automobile, following which the sufferer fell, the officer stated. When Akash’s sister learnt concerning the incident. She despatched her brothers Vikas and Gaurav to the spot, who together with Akash and his three buddies went to the taxi driver, leading to one other brawl, the officer stated. That is when the alleged individual stabbed Akash with a knife and fled away from the spot, leaving his taxi behind. Meanwhile, Akash was taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre the place he was declared introduced lifeless, police stated. The CCTV footage of the incident was examined. Other members of the family of the sufferer, together with some eyewitnesses, additionally reached the spot. A case was registered primarily based on the assertion of the sister of the sufferer – Mona (32), the officer stated. Ashwani Sharma, the proprietor of the taxi, a resident of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh, was contacted. He said that he had given his taxi to 1 Rupesh Kumar, a resident of Khoda Colony, Pragati Vihar, police stated.

Following raids at a number of locations, Kumar was arrested, they added.